VIDEO: ‘Don’t monkey it up,’ Birmingham wants to be more than a ‘sanctuary city,’ Alabama’s junior Senator Doug Jones won’t do political calculus and more on Guerrilla Politics

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September 2, 2018

Radio talk show host Dale Jackson and former Congressman Parker Griffith, guest co-host, take you through this week’s biggest political stories, including:

— Is it racist to say “don’t monkey it up?”

— Why is Birmingham trying to go further than a “sanctuary city” when it is already one of America’s most dangerous cities?

— Senator Doug Jones says he is not doing political calculus on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee?

Jackson closes the show with a “parting shot” directed at Internet platforms like Google, Facebook and Twitter, who think they can police political speech without ramifications.

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